The US government is now in a position to negotiate with Russian officials to release the athlete.
's detention in Russia. This follows a pattern of Russia wrongly detaining & imprisoning US citizens . . . US citizens are not political pawns."
Time will tell whether Griner's new classification under the US government will expedite her release. According to ESPN, the WNBA athlete's agent,, told the publication,"Brittney has been detained for 75 days and our expectation is that the White House do whatever is necessary to bring her home." As of right now, Griner is reportedly sharing a cell with two inmates who"had no previous convictions and are charged with drug-related articles," according to Ekaterina Kalugina, a member of Public Monitoring Commission, per
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